Migration registration (moving in or out)
बसाइँसराइ दर्ता (आउने/जाने)
Responsible office
Ward office of your municipality or rural municipality (local registrar) — old ward for moving out, new ward for moving in
वडा कार्यालय (स्थानीय पञ्जिकाधिकारी)
01 · Before you apply
Essential information
Legal basis
National Identity Card and Civil Registration Act 2076 (राष्ट्रिय परिचयपत्र तथा पञ्जीकरण ऐन, २०७६): s.18(1) notice within 35 days (a family member aged 18+), s.19(3) late registration on payment of the prescribed late fee; National Identity Card and Registration Rules 2077, as amended to 2082: r.16(3) notice forms received without fee, r.17(2) late fee per Schedule 3, r.21 copies; r.19(1) migration registered only after all family members' events are registered.
Fee information as of
National rule (Act 2076; Rules 2077 as amended to 2082): free within 35 days; late-fee and copy-fee amounts (Schedule 3) not found
Source updated
2082-08-01 BS (Rules 2077 with amendments, posted by DoNIDCR); 2082-04-14 BS (Act 2076 posted); DoNIDCR FAQ undated
Data confidence
medium
02 · Prepare
Documents you need
Bring original documents together with readable photocopies. Names, dates and record details should match across every document.
- Migration information (transfer) form
- Moving out: the transfer form, the informant's citizenship certificate, and for each person moving, a birth registration certificate (under 16) or citizenship certificate (16 and over) (DoNIDCR FAQ 35)
- Moving in: the original transfer form / migration certificate issued by your previous ward (DoNIDCR FAQ 35)
- Birth and marriage registration certificates of the family members moving; all their events must already be registered (Rules r.19(1))
- Moving out: family details/notice from your current ward (local practice)
- Current fiscal year's property-tax receipt (some wards)
03 · At the office
Step-by-step process
- 1
Make sure every moving family member's birth (and any marriage) is already registered; migration is registered only after that (Rules r.19(1)).
- 2
At your old ward, register the move out (बसाइँ सराइ जाने) and get the transfer form / migration certificate with family details.
- 3
Within 35 days, take the original to the ward office of your new place and register the move in (बसाइँ सराइ आउने).
- 4
An adult family member reports if the family moves; an individual reports if only they move.
- 5
Within 35 days registration is free. After 35 days the event is still registered, but you pay the national late fee set in Schedule 3 of the National ID and Registration Rules 2077 (amount: confirm at the ward).
- 6
Collect the migration registration certificate, usually the same day, and keep it: DAOs ask for it (with land/utility proof and a record letter) for citizenship, passports and the NID in your new district.
04 · Cost
Fees and charges
Registration within 35 days
DoNIDCR FAQ 4: '३५ दिनभित्र निःशुल्क वा त्यसपछि बिलम्ब शूल्क तिरी दर्ता गराउन सकिन्छ'; Rules 2077 r.16(3): notice forms are received 'बिना दस्तुर' (without fee). Older local charters listed a fee (Aandhikhola Rural Municipality Rs 50, 2073 BS; Panchkhapan Municipality Rs 500, copy Rs 500, 2077 BS); if your ward charges one, ask under which law.
Free
Late registration (after 35 days)
Set nationally, not by the local Finance Act: Act 2076 s.19(3) (registered 'तोकिए बमोजिमको विलम्ब शुल्क लिई') and Rules 2077 r.17(2) (late fee per Schedule 3, अनुसूची-३). The official online copy of the Rules ends before Schedule 3, so the amount could not be read.
Not published - confirm at the office
Copy of migration certificate
Rules 2077 r.21(2): each copy costs the Schedule 3 fee; r.21(3): half the fee if the certificate was lost or not delivered for reasons beyond your control.
Not published - confirm at the office
05 · Digital options
Online services
06 · Read carefully
Important notes
- The 35-day free period and the late fee are national rules (Act 2076 and Rules 2077), so they should be the same at every ward; the late-fee amount itself was not readable online.
- The migration certificate is required by DAOs for citizenship by descent and passports outside your original district (DAO Lalitpur, Nuwakot), and by NID registration stations if your current address differs from your citizenship (DAO Kaski).
- If you receive a social security allowance, ask the ward to transfer it when you move; you are removed from the old local level's list.
08 · Verification